The Devil Knows You're Dead

Lawrence Block

ISBN 10: 1857972708 / ISBN 13: 9781857972702

Published by Orion, London, 1994

About this Item

A fine unread 1st impression in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page.

Seller Inventory # 008916

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Devil Knows You're Dead
• Publisher: Orion, London
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857972708
• ISBN 13: 9781857972702
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Crime Fiction

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Synopsis

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From the Back Cover

The winner of multiple Edgar, Shamus, and Maltese Falcon awards, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master LAWRENCE BLOCK has elevated the detective novel to high art -- combining grit with intelligence, suspense with stunning emotional complexity and power. And in unlicensed private investigator Matthew Scudder, he has created a character whose depth and stark humanity is unrivaled in contemporary fiction.

In this city, there is little sense and no rules. Those who fly the highest often come crashing down the hardest -- like successful young Glenn Holtzmann, randomly blown away by a deranged derelict at a corner phone booth on Eleventh Avenue. Unlicensed p.i. Matt Scudder thinks Holtzmann was simply in the wrong place at the worst time. Others think differently -- like Thomas Sadecki, brother of the crazed Vietnam vet accused of the murder, who wants Scudder to prove the madman innocent. But no one is truly innocent in this unmerciful metropolis -- including Matthew Scudder, whose curiosity and dedication are leading him to dark, unexplored places in his own heart...and to passions and revelations that could destroy everything he loves.